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Elizabeth Onyango

ResearcherCommunity DevelopmentUniversity of Alberta

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Elizabeth Onyango

Researcher

Community Development

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (2 SSHRC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Community engagement Food security community-based initiatives African immigrants Cultural relevance Afrocentric approaches Social inequity Health and wellbeing

Latest papers

Beyond conventional metrics: a scoping review of cultural food security definitions and indicators for migrant populations.
Frontiers in nutrition · 2026 · first author
Housing Insecurity and Perceived Mental Health Challenges Among Individuals Living with HIV: Qualitative Insights from Kisumu, Kenya.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026 · senior author
COVID-19-Related Transformations and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Informal Food Vendors in Secondary Cities: A Case of Kisumu City, Kenya.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026 · senior author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

'A Taste of Home': Growing a sense of belonging through innovative community gardening for African immigrants in Alberta, Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$79,080
Co-designing roadmaps for promoting culturally relevant food in long-term care homes in partnership with community food programs to address modifiable risk factors for poor health in the African, Caribbean, and Black population in Canada.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$707,624
Analyzing food policies in Canada to identify windows of opportunity for equity-focused food service reform in the long-term care sector in pursuit of person-centered care for African, Caribbean and Black residents.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 7 grants and awards

7 publications.

Beyond conventional metrics: a scoping review of cultural food security definitions and indicators for migrant populations.

Onyango E, Owuor P, Otoadese D, Odhiambo S, Ajibade T, Onyango J, Boateng G

Frontiers in nutrition2026First author

DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1841239 PMID: 42540478

Housing Insecurity and Perceived Mental Health Challenges Among Individuals Living with HIV: Qualitative Insights from Kisumu, Kenya.

Owuor PM, Obondo D, Orero W, Odhiambo S, Agbe E, Boateng G, Onyango E

International journal of environmental research and public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph23050576 PMID: 42196669

COVID-19-Related Transformations and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Informal Food Vendors in Secondary Cities: A Case of Kisumu City, Kenya.

Odhiambo SA, Owuor PM, Obondo D, Onyango JA, Onyango E

International journal of environmental research and public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph23050575 PMID: 42196668

The food (in)security and mental health nexus in high-risk immigrant populations in middle- and high-income countries: A scoping review.

Onyango E, Mori K, Jirel B, Otoadese D

Social science & medicine (1982)2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118185 PMID: 40408790

Growing roots: the role of collective community gardening in cultural food insecurity and social integration of African immigrants in Alberta, Canada.

Otoadese D, Kamara I, Onyango E

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23552-z PMID: 40604605

Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement in Collective Gardening Among Black African Immigrants in Alberta, Canada.

Otoadese D, Kamara I, Onyango E

International journal of environmental research and public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22050789 PMID: 40427902

Exploring neighborhood transformations and community gardens to meet the cultural food needs of immigrants and refugees: A scoping review.

Onyango E, Otoadese D, Mori K, Chinedu-Asogwa N, Kiplagat J, Jirel B

Health & place2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103433 PMID: 40043545

'A Taste of Home': Growing a sense of belonging through innovative community gardening for African immigrants in Alberta, Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Onyango, Elizabeth

Keywords: Participatory action research; Sense of belonging; Working poor; Black identifying immigrants; Social connection; Collective action; Systems of marginalization; Community gardens

$79,080

Co-designing roadmaps for promoting culturally relevant food in long-term care homes in partnership with community food programs to address modifiable risk factors for poor health in the African, Caribbean, and Black population in Canada.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Muray, Mwali; Cortbaoui, Patrick; Onyango, Elizabeth O

Keywords: Anti-Black Racism; Intersectionality; Long-Term Care; Nutrition; Older Adults

$707,624

Analyzing food policies in Canada to identify windows of opportunity for equity-focused food service reform in the long-term care sector in pursuit of person-centered care for African, Caribbean and Black residents.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Racism and Health Inequities

Principal investigators: Muray, Mwali; Adekoya, Yewande; Cortbaoui, Patrick; Kehoe MacLeod, Krystal J; Onyango, Elizabeth O

Keywords: African, Caribbean And Black; Anti-Black Racism; Food Policy; Intersectionality; Long-Term Care Policy; Older Adults

$125,000

Remitting for Resilience (R2): Enhancing Food Security and Climate Adaptation Through Gender-Inclusive Migrant Remittances

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Crush, Jonathan

$1,587,510

Engagement of African immigrants in municipal and community initiatives to address food insecurity in Alberta, Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Onyango, Elizabeth

Keywords: Community engagement; Food security; community-based initiatives; African immigrants; Cultural relevance; Afrocentric approaches; Social inequity; Health and wellbeing; Municipal initiative; Alberta

$69,700

Women Feeding Cities Project: Building a Gender-Transformative, Resilient, and Sustainable Informal Food Sector for COVID-19 Recovery

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Crush, Jonathan

Keywords: informal food sector; urban food security; gender equity; resilience; micro-enterprise; Jamaica; Mexico; Mozambique; Namibia

$250,000

South-South Migration and Migrant Food Insecurity: Interactions, Impacts and Remedies (MiFood Project)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: south-south migration; food security; cities; corridors; global south

$849,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Elizabeth Onyango

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Beyond conventional metrics: a scoping review of cultural food security definitions and indicators for migrant populations.

Housing Insecurity and Perceived Mental Health Challenges Among Individuals Living with HIV: Qualitative Insights from Kisumu, Kenya.

COVID-19-Related Transformations and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Informal Food Vendors in Secondary Cities: A Case of Kisumu City, Kenya.

The food (in)security and mental health nexus in high-risk immigrant populations in middle- and high-income countries: A scoping review.

Growing roots: the role of collective community gardening in cultural food insecurity and social integration of African immigrants in Alberta, Canada.

Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement in Collective Gardening Among Black African Immigrants in Alberta, Canada.

Exploring neighborhood transformations and community gardens to meet the cultural food needs of immigrants and refugees: A scoping review.

'A Taste of Home': Growing a sense of belonging through innovative community gardening for African immigrants in Alberta, Canada

Co-designing roadmaps for promoting culturally relevant food in long-term care homes in partnership with community food programs to address modifiable risk factors for poor health in the African, Caribbean, and Black population in Canada.

Analyzing food policies in Canada to identify windows of opportunity for equity-focused food service reform in the long-term care sector in pursuit of person-centered care for African, Caribbean and Black residents.

Remitting for Resilience (R2): Enhancing Food Security and Climate Adaptation Through Gender-Inclusive Migrant Remittances

Engagement of African immigrants in municipal and community initiatives to address food insecurity in Alberta, Canada

Women Feeding Cities Project: Building a Gender-Transformative, Resilient, and Sustainable Informal Food Sector for COVID-19 Recovery

South-South Migration and Migrant Food Insecurity: Interactions, Impacts and Remedies (MiFood Project)

Frequent collaborators

Godfred Boateng